Naomi Bailin Wish
Biographic Data
| ID | 699970 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Naomi Bailin Wish |
| GIVEN NAMES | Naomi Bailin |
| FAMILY NAME | Wish |
| SIGNATURE | WISH N B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Seton Hall University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The “Best Place” Debate
This article presents a critical examination of the curricular elements of nonprofit management degree programs in colleges of business, public administration, and social work. What are the major curricular elements in each type of program? How do the curricular elements of these programs compare with generic management degree programs? What are the central challenges facing managers of nonprofit organizations, and how are these challenges addres…
Curriculum Recommendations for Public Management Education in Computing. Final Report of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Ad Hoc Committee on Computers in Publ…
The United States is increasingly becoming an information society. Over half of the labor force is now engaged in work requiring some level of information processing. Computers are the engines powering this information society and, consequently, their diffusion is considerable and growing. Moreover, from the beginning of the computer age, government has been at the forefront of computer utilization. Given the extensive diffusion of computers thro…
Some Issues About the "Quality" of Sunbelt/Frostbelt Life
Definitions of "Quality of Life" (QOL) differ among researchers. But most agree that the concept consists of both an environmental and a psychological component. Subjecting principal components of sets of QOL measures in use to factor analysis, however, demonstrates that basing our comparisons of cities or regions on metropolitan area data biases the results. The largest urban areas with national reputations and urban areas in the South are favor…
Are We Really Measuring the Quality of Life?Well-being Has Subjective Dimensions, As Well As Objective Ones
In order to compare the quality of life (QOL) in U.S. metropolitan areas economic, sociological, political and cultural data are often gathered and equally weighted without regard for the way QOL is perceived by those who live there. Basing our comparisons of U.S. metropolitan areas solely on objective data or official statistics biases the results so that there is little relationship between one set of measures and another. These results contrad…
Is Bigger Always Better? The Quality of Life in Urban Areas
What is the optimum size for a metropolitan areas? Is the quality of life in urban areas related to population size? The results of this study indicate that there is an apparent paradox. They demonstrate that for the 277 U.S. metropolitan areas there is a strong positive relationship between size of population and the quality of life using objective data from the Places Rated Almanac. Yet most attitudinal studies indicate that there is a negative…
Improving Policy Making in Public Transportation
During the past 20 years, government officials and urban planners have become increasingly aware that transportation system initiated by one generation is one of the most important legacies handed down to the next generation.' Academicians state that . . (T)he kind of city we live in today is largely a product of the transportation system.2 Even though policy makers and academicians suggest that transportation is of utmost importance, our public …
Foreign Policy Makers and Their National Role Conceptions
This research focuses on national role conceptions, which are defined as foreign policy makers' perceptions of their nations' positions in the international system. They include perceptions of the general kinds of decisions, rules, commitments, and long-term functions associated with these international positions. Role conception variables concerned with the perception of status, motivational orientation, and substantive problem area are obtained…
Foreign Policy Makers and Their National Role Conceptions
This research focuses on national role conceptions, which are defined as foreign policy makers' perceptions of their nations' positions in the international system. They include perceptions of the general kinds of decisions, rules, commitments, and long-term functions associated with these international positions. Role conception variables concerned with the perception of status, motivational orientation, and substantive problem area are obtained…
Are We Really Measuring the Quality of Life?Well-being Has Subjective Dimensions, As Well As Objective Ones
In order to compare the quality of life (QOL) in U.S. metropolitan areas economic, sociological, political and cultural data are often gathered and equally weighted without regard for the way QOL is perceived by those who live there. Basing our comparisons of U.S. metropolitan areas solely on objective data or official statistics biases the results so that there is little relationship between one set of measures and another. These results contrad…
Curriculum Recommendations for Public Management Education in Computing. Final Report of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Ad Hoc Committee on Computers in Publ…
The United States is increasingly becoming an information society. Over half of the labor force is now engaged in work requiring some level of information processing. Computers are the engines powering this information society and, consequently, their diffusion is considerable and growing. Moreover, from the beginning of the computer age, government has been at the forefront of computer utilization. Given the extensive diffusion of computers thro…
Foreign Policy Makers and Their National Role Conceptions
This research focuses on national role conceptions, which are defined as foreign policy makers' perceptions of their nations' positions in the international system. They include perceptions of the general kinds of decisions, rules, commitments, and long-term functions associated with these international positions. Role conception variables concerned with the perception of status, motivational orientation, and substantive problem area are obtained…
Improving Policy Making in Public Transportation
During the past 20 years, government officials and urban planners have become increasingly aware that transportation system initiated by one generation is one of the most important legacies handed down to the next generation.' Academicians state that . . (T)he kind of city we live in today is largely a product of the transportation system.2 Even though policy makers and academicians suggest that transportation is of utmost importance, our public …
Is Bigger Always Better? The Quality of Life in Urban Areas
What is the optimum size for a metropolitan areas? Is the quality of life in urban areas related to population size? The results of this study indicate that there is an apparent paradox. They demonstrate that for the 277 U.S. metropolitan areas there is a strong positive relationship between size of population and the quality of life using objective data from the Places Rated Almanac. Yet most attitudinal studies indicate that there is a negative…
Curriculum Recommendations for Public Management Education in Computing. Final Report of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Ad Hoc Committee on Computers in Publ…
The United States is increasingly becoming an information society. Over half of the labor force is now engaged in work requiring some level of information processing. Computers are the engines powering this information society and, consequently, their diffusion is considerable and growing. Moreover, from the beginning of the computer age, government has been at the forefront of computer utilization. Given the extensive diffusion of computers thro…
Some Issues About the "Quality" of Sunbelt/Frostbelt Life
Definitions of "Quality of Life" (QOL) differ among researchers. But most agree that the concept consists of both an environmental and a psychological component. Subjecting principal components of sets of QOL measures in use to factor analysis, however, demonstrates that basing our comparisons of cities or regions on metropolitan area data biases the results. The largest urban areas with national reputations and urban areas in the South are favor…
Are We Really Measuring the Quality of Life?Well-being Has Subjective Dimensions, As Well As Objective Ones
In order to compare the quality of life (QOL) in U.S. metropolitan areas economic, sociological, political and cultural data are often gathered and equally weighted without regard for the way QOL is perceived by those who live there. Basing our comparisons of U.S. metropolitan areas solely on objective data or official statistics biases the results so that there is little relationship between one set of measures and another. These results contrad…
The “Best Place” Debate
This article presents a critical examination of the curricular elements of nonprofit management degree programs in colleges of business, public administration, and social work. What are the major curricular elements in each type of program? How do the curricular elements of these programs compare with generic management degree programs? What are the central challenges facing managers of nonprofit organizations, and how are these challenges addres…
Political science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Perception (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Geography (2 works)